TX State Senator Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa D-McAllen/Corpus Christi
on Children's Health Insurance

April 29 , 2007

"I have been a longtime advocate of doing away with the 6 month eligibility requirements and with the asset tests now required of families enrolled in CHIP. For every $1 Texas spends to fund the program, the federal government kicks in $2.60. Local taxpayers no longer have to foot the bill for uninsured children whose families take them to hospital emergency rooms for routine medical care."